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OK I just HAVE to add my two cents to this thread.. =) I pledged a local soror. Fall semester.. (it didn't work out.. and now I"m a pledge for Phi Sigma Sigma) The local I pledged ended up having a 6 month pledge period.. but they never even told you how long it was going to be.. they determined when you crossed.. They said the class would cross when they were "unified". I DEF. think NOT knowing how long you're going to have to pledge is a form of hazing.. althogh.. just the fact that it is a long Pledge period isn't necessarily hazing which seems to be the reason that at least NPC has mandated shorter periods. As for grades my GLO now doens't wait for them because they use high school grades.. or your last semester grades to determine if you even get a bid.. then if you don't make the cut after your init.. you go to J board and they make a study plan or whatever. I totally think that NM periods should be used to learn about your ORG. and one final pledge test is a good thing and NOT Hazing. However.. in the local I pledged before we were tested EVERY week... while standing on line in military stance in front of about 8 active girls.. sometimes more.. and the tester would come get in our face and we had consequences if we messed up testing.. THAT is hazing. =) having been through both types I have to say short pledge terms get the job done... longer ones.. just don't seem necessary to me.
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